Knockdown hen&#39;s nest



E. SWANSON.

KNOCKDOWN HEN'S NEST. APPLICATION FILED JULY 31,1919.

Patented Aug. 31, 1920.

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EDWARD swANsoN, or SHEFFIELD, ILLIivoIs.

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To all whom it ma 50mm Be it known that I, EDWARD Swanson, citizen of the United States, residing at Sheffield, in the countyof Bureau and'State of Illinois, haveinvented certain new and useful Improvements in Knockdown Hens Nests and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enableothers skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same. 7

This invention relates to new and useful improvements in hens nests and has for its particular object to provide means whereby thestructure may be readily knocked down for purposes of may be suspended from suitable supports engaging the rear wall thereof without danger of any portion of the nest becoming loose] v A further object of the 1I1V6I1t2l0111S to provide a nest of the character defined wherein the top trance of. other hens to the nest'to disturb the setting hen.

The present invention relates more particularly to certain improvements in the constructions of the nest described and claimed in my co-pending application for Letters Patent, Serial Number 189,556, filed February 4:, 1917, allowed May 29th,'1919, which has since become Patent No. 1,315,432, issued Sept. 9, 1919.,

The invention consists in the features of construction and combinations of parts hereinafter fully described and claimed and illustrated in the accompanying drawings in which:

Figure 1 is a perspective view of a hens nest constructed in accordance with the invention, certain parts being broken away to disclose details of construction.

Fig. 2 is a plan section of the nest.

Fig. 3 is a vertical'longitudinal section of the same, partly broken away.

The said structure is preferably made of sheet metal of suitable character and comprises a bottom element 1, end walls2 and 3, side walls 4 and a top wall 10. The said end and side walls are provided along their vertical edges with telescopically inter-engaging formations of any suitable nature whereby said walls may be suitably engaged Specification of Letters-Patent.

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with each other against movementinanydi-f rection except longitudinallyof the corners thereof and whereby said walls are caused to normally extend at right angles to each other. The front wall 2has' a substantially V-shaped upper edge portion and is provided along its straight bottom edge with an outwardly extending edge 5. The sidewalls are provided along their lower edges with vided along its lower edge with an out-" wardly' extending, U-shaped or channeled flangethe mouth of which flange 7 is ada t- I V ed to receive the'rear edge" of the bottom wall, and this flange abuts against the lower ends of the flanges at the rear edgesof thn sidewalls thus requiringthe said rear wall to be moved to itsproper position relatively to the sidewalls by insertingthe same in an upward direction; [Thus when the bottom side walls. The front edge of the bottom wall terminates in a substantially tubular portion 8 providing a slot opposing the sob , Wallis engaged in the channel ofthe' flange 7 of the rear wall the latter'w'ilLbe held against vertical movementfrelatively to the T front wall into which the flange 5 of the front wall 2 is adapted to project when the rear-edge of the bottom wall enters the channel of the flange 7 ofthe rear wallthus holding the front wall against vertical movement relatively to the side walls.

The side walls are provided along their upper edges with outwardly extending over turned flanges 9 which provide channels having downwardly extending mouths. The said upper edges of the side walls are inclined, (the rear wall being of, greater length than the front wall) to accord with, the relative'elevations of the said top edges of the said front and rear walls. A 'cover' element 10 which is provided with inwardly extending overturned flanges 11, the 'channels which are adapted. to receive thefree edges of the flanges 9 of the sidewalls is slidable on the upper edges of said side walls and may be moved to any desired positionbetween the front and rear edges of said side walls, though normally said cover member will lie so that its rear edge-is flush to the rear wall of the nest, thus providing an opening at the front of the nest through Said which the hen may enter the same. cover is adapted to be moved-to a more forward position to partially close theen-V trance opening to the nest for the purpose of confining setting hens in the same and preventing. other hens setting hen.

In the upper end portion of the rear wall 3 is a plurality of openings 12 through suitable projections: on a walhoff the hen-house may project so whichl hook's or other that the entire nestbecomessuspended from thesame. Obviously this renders necessary the holding of the rear wall against vertical m v'ement or sliding out ofcpla'ce un- 1 der in'fluence'of the weight of the nest and its contents, this being accomplished by the engaging of the flange 7 atthe lower end of the rear wall'with the rear edge flanges of th'e sidewalls.

lVhile Ihaveshown the preferred embodiment-of the invention in the accompanying drawings, it will be understood, of course,

that said em bodiment maybechanged and varied in details without departing from the invention asdefined inthe appended claims. I claim as my invention: I l, A 'hens nest comprising-a rectangular receptacle, having acover element adapted. to part ally cover the same, and a slidable connection between said cover and the'side walls of the receptacle for permitting said cover to be moved to position to provide two openings in the top of 'thereceptacle of smaller than suflicient dimensions; to permitentrance or exit of'a hen.

from. bothering the rear Wall adapted to abut againstthe lower-if I ends ofthe channeled flanges at the rear edges of the sidewalls, a bottom plate adapted to engage along its side andrear lower-edges off the side andrear walls, inter-engaging formations, along the front. edge ofthe, bottom me'1nber and, the lower end of the frontYwall, whereby said. bottom wall locks thp eripheral walls of the receptaol'efagainst -relative moyenient, said rear Wall equipped with] means for I suspending,

the nest from a w all of a hen-housel' 3. A knock-down liens nes't' comprising a rectangular receptacle having? pel' iphemr wallstelescopically engaged witheach other, a removable bottom fors'aid receptaclehavinginterl cking;en agement withfthe ped in. the channels of the flanges along the ripheralwalls ofthereceptacle whereby the Q latter are locked movement rela tively to each other; the rear mattin equipped with means for suspending the re i'ea'rand sidewalls beingeq uip ped within} ter engagingv means acting independently of: their engagement with the: bottom wall for preventingirelative vertical movement of said rear and sidewalls in one direction by gravity when the rear wall is suspend'ed EDWARD swANsoN.

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